Entrepreneur and industrialist Norbert Gehr lost his battle with leukemia in February at age 74, but his family foundation’s $20 million gift to the Keck School of Medicine of USC for research may help others fight their own.
Gehr was the … Read More »
Hossein Jadvar, MD, PhD, was elected as the 2015-16 president of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) during its annual meeting June 6-10 in Baltimore.
Jadvar, an associate professor of radiology and biomedical engineering at the Keck School … Read More »
John Louie Go, MD, has been inducted as a fellow in the American College of Radiology (ACR).
The induction took place at a convocation ceremony during the ACR meeting May 17–21 in Washington, D.C.
Go is director of head and neck imaging … Read More »
Maria de Fátima Reyes of the Keck School of Medicine of USC is among 21 outstanding U.S. medical students to receive 2015 Minority Scholars Awards from the American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation.
The program promotes diversity, encourages the elimination of health … Read More »
An 18-member team of physicians and nurses from Keck Medicine of USC and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) recently led an international collaboration to separate a pair of six-month-old conjoined twins in Haiti, the first such operation ever performed in … Read More »
They came together to celebrate survival in the face of fear and uncertainty.
For the hundreds of cancer survivors who gathered at the Keck Medical Center of USC on a recent Saturday morning, the Festival of Life was more than that: … Read More »
Business leader and USC Trustee Rick J. Caruso and his wife, Tina, have donated $25 million to endow and name the USC Tina and Rick Caruso Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, one of the nation’s largest and … Read More »
Working alone, a scientist or university can only make so much progress in finding answers to basic questions or new treatments for diseases ranging from HIV to cancer to diabetes. That’s why almost 300 scientists from USC, UCLA and UCSF … Read More »
A small patch of green space behind Keck Hospital of USC’s administrative offices has been transformed into a lush, soothing viewing garden thanks to the generosity of gracious donors.
The Keck Hospital of USC Garden was dedicated during a special ceremony … Read More »
The Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Foundation has awarded $100,000 to students from the Keck School of Medicine of USC in its summer research fellowship program.
The Baxter Foundation also provides annual funding for research by junior faculty members at … Read More »
Some patience may be needed for commuters and visitors navigating their way this summer to the Health Sciences Campus.
A stretch of Soto Street is being partially closed for construction as part of the Health Sciences Campus Beautification Project.
A south lane … Read More »
Paralyzed from the neck down after suffering a gunshot wound when he was 21, Erik Sorto now can move a robotic arm just by thinking about it.
A Keck Medicine of USC investigator presented interim results of a study evaluating a novel treatment for advanced liver cancer on May 30 at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting in Chicago.
Anthony B. El-Khoueiry, MD, of the USC … Read More »
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors honored the Nepal medical response team on May 26 with a special proclamation recognizing their recent trip to assist victims of a devastating earthquake.
The scroll presentation took place in the County Hall … Read More »
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